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Click here to subscribeGRANDSTAND MINT AND BOXED LCD `THUNDERBIRDS GAME`, on card under bubble pack, SUPERMARIONATION (EMI) L.P. RECORD `Thunderbirds are Go` by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, on pictorial disk, circa 1992 (Good), DITTO 21st CENTURY RECORDS - RECORDING OF TWO THUNDERBIRDS EPISODES , (Playworn and sleeve tatty) PAIR OF THUNDERBIRDS BOXER SHORTS 1992 (as new) and THREE OTHER ITEMS
A Chinese blue and white vase: of baluster form with elephant head handles, painted with a seated dignitary playing a board game surrounded by attendants and cranes within a garden setting, underglaze blue four-character Xuantong mark and of the period, 53 cm high [section of rim re-stuck and restored].
A collection of Stoke City match programmes from the 1960's, Port Vale football programmes from the 1970's, Football league revues from the 1970's and Manchester United home game official programmes from the 1960's and 70's, Soccer star magazines from the 1950's and 60's and A collection of Speedway magazine and programmes from the 1950's-1980's (3 trays)
THREE ETCHINGS BY E.M. KORNEEV (RUSSIAN 1780-1839) 3 Illustrations for ""Les peuples de la Russie"" Book. A) Game of Babki; b)""Pristavki"" Game; ""Game of Jumping on a Board"" , c. 1812hand-colored etchings26.6 x 31.5 cm (10 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.) [sight]; 33.7 x 25.7 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.) [sight]; 25.4 x 31.1 cm (10 x 12 1/4 in.) [sight]signed in plate by artist in Cyrrilic and French lower left, signed by etchers `K. Wagner` and `I. Koperet` lowert right, titled in Russian and French lower center LOT NOTESAcademic artist Jemeljan Kornejeff, who specialized in historical subjects, accompanied General Sprengporten in extensive travels in Russia, which were requested by Emperor Alexander I in 1802-1803. Kornejeff made a great number of sketches during his travels, which were bought by Count Rehberg and subsequently published in Paris in the book/album ""Les peuples de la Russie... accompagnee de figures coloriees"" with a dedication to Tsar Alexander. Etchings were made by various Russian and European engravers.
A SOVIET AGITLAK GIFT DESK SET WITH ANTI-RELIGIOUS PLAYING CARDS PIONEERS REFORGING BABA YAGA AND EVIL SPIRITS, N. ZINOVIEV, PALEKH, 1931, Comprising of:a) A desk lamp with a pencil holder on a flat base; an electrified brass desk lamp with two adjustable neck joints and twisted cord; 36 x 20.5 cm (14 x 8 in.). The pencil holder depicting scenes with pioneers admiring the bright light of science shining through the dark woods, Baba Yaga is shown working on a collective farm, and children gather around the evil spirits to explain the phenomenon of sound transmission; scarlet interior; 12 x 5.5 cm (5 x 2 1/4 in.). The rectangular papier-mache base richly decorated with a gold floral pattern on the border; the lower-right corner painted with an accumulation of the rising sun, an open book, a bunch of wheat, and a clarion in a seal-like manner; a dedication in Cyrillic reads To the directors of the creative team of artists of the Comrade Rykov Leningrad State Playing Cards Factory from the Praesidium of the Ivanovsk League of the Militant Atheists for Anti-Religious Works Among the People. Leningrad 1931; 15 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in.)b) A rectangular box with cover, depicting two card game scenes on the longer sides: the Leshy desperately losing to a young scientist, and Baba Yaga defeated by a clever Budenovets; the two shorter sides and the top painted with miniature images of the anti-religious cards included in the present set; exterior lusciously decorated with gold detailing; scarlet interior; 7.5 x 11 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.), signed on the cover N. Zinoviev lower left, inscribed and dated Palekh 1931 lower right c) A deck of 53 anti-religious playing cards with a painted papier-mache holder; each suit represents a different religion; the card back features a design with Baba Yaga kidnapping a child; 9.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.), a paper cover bears inscriptions in Cyrillic Anti-religious; 53 pieces - 1931; The highest grade; State card monopoly. The holder illustrates the scenes of the children training Baba Yaga to harvest with modern gear, and a pioneer boy teaching the Leshy how to use the printing press; the spine is painted with traditional Palekh gold ornament; scarlet interior; 9 x 7.5 cm (3 1/2 x 3 in.), one of the sides signed N. Zinoviev lower left, inscribed and dated Palekh 1931 lower right. Accompanied by an album with samples of products of the State Playing Card Factory of the Soviet Ministry of Finance of 1931 d) A paperweight on a raised rectangular base; depicting three young pioneers appealing to Baba Yaga and the Leshy to abandon the dark woods and enter the bright Communist life with its industrial progress, showing countless possibilities to expand one`s knowledge by presenting a school and a palace of culture; 12 x 16 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.), signed N. Zinoviev lower left, inscribed and dated Palekh 1931 lower right e) A tray with painted inside base; depicting a group of Soviet youths enlightening the evil spirits by teaching Baba Yaga, Leshy, and Chort grammar and literacy; a red standard in the upper right corner reads Doloy Temnotu I Otstalost (Down with Darkness and Backwardness), complemented by a red banner in the upper left corner proclaiming Mrakobesie I Suyeverie Na Svalku Istorii! (Obscurantism and Superstition to the Scrapyard of History); a view from the window presents a harvester in a field of golden wheat, symbolizing the advantage of collective work, with Soviet planes surfing in the air as a symbol of endless exploration; 16.5 x 25 cm (6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.), signed N. Zinoviev lower left, inscribed and dated Palekh 1931 lower right.LOT NOTESThis extremely rare and exclusive gift set was commissioned for Nikolai Zinoviev, one of the most prominent masters of Soviet Palekh lacquer miniatur
A pair of Chinese reverse paintings on glass, mid 20th century, one depicting a pair of ladies playing a game and sipping tea in a mountainous landscape, the other depicting a Mandarin in traditional dress seated on a throne, in original black lacquer frames with brass hangers, 71 by 50cm. (2)
A pair of Chinese reverse paintings on glass, mid 20th century, one depicting a pair of ladies playing a game and sipping tea in a mountainous landscape, the other depicting a Mandarin in traditional dress seated on a throne, in original black lacquer frames with brass hangers, 71 by 50cm. (2)
KASHMIR - EARLY TRAVEL GUIDES - A collection of early travel books for Kashmir, including Notes for Visitors to Kashmir, Issued by the Visitors` Bureau, His Highness` Government, Jammu and Kashmir 1942; Geography of the Jammu and Kashmir State by Pandit Anand Koul, 1925; Arthur Neve of Kashmir by Rev. A.P. Shepherd, 1913; The Tourist`s Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c Ed. by Late Major Arthur Neve, 1933 and 1945; Kashmir; The Switzerland of India, A Descriptive Guide with Chapters on Ski-ing and Mountaineering, Large and Small Game Shooting, Fishing etc. By Dermot Norris; Kashmir and Jammu, a Guide for Visitors by Joshua Duke, 1903; Kashmir: "The Playground of Asia, A Handbook for Visitors to the Happy Valley by Sachchidananda Sinha, 1943; Handbook for Visitors to Kashmir by J.L.K. Jalali, 1933; Beautiful Valleys of Kashmir by Samsur Chand Koul, 1942. (12)
AFGHANISTAN & BOKHARA - Travels Into Bokhara; Being The Account Of A Journey From India To Cabool, Tartary, And Persia, Also Narratives Of A Voyage On The Indus From The Sea To Lahore With Presents From The King Of Britain, by Lieut. Alexander Burnes, 1973, Volumes 2; Travels Into Bokhara Together With A Narrative Of A Voyage On The Indus, by Sir Alexander Burnes, 1973, Volume 1; Dardistan In 1866, 1886 And 1893, Being An Account Of The History, Religions, Customs, Legends, Fables, Songs Of Gilgit, Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial), Dasin, Chitral, Hanza, Aagyr And Other Parts Of The Hindu Kush, As Also A Supplement To The Second Edition Of The Hunza And Nagyr Handbook, by G. W. Lietner, 1985; Aurel Stein, Pioneer Of The Silk Road, by Annabel Walker, 1998; State And Tribe In Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan, The Reign Of Aamir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863), by Christine Noelle, 1997; Asian Affairs, Journal Of The Royal Central Asian Society, 1972; Pennell Of Bannu, by A. L., 1913, Second Edition, 60pp; The Gilgit Game, The Explorers Of The West Himalayas 1865-95, by John Keay, 1979; The Story Of The Guides, by Col. G. J. Younghusband, 1908, 198pp; With The Zhob Field Force 1890, by Captain Crawford McFall, 1895, 232pp; The Indian Borderland 1880-1900, by Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, 1901, First Edition, 397pp; The Indian Borderland 1880-1900, by Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, 1996, Second Edition Reprint; A Hero Of The Afghan Frontier, The Splendid Life Story Of T. L. Pennell, by Alice M. Pennell, MDCCCCXXV, Fourth Edition; Cabool: Being A Personal Narrative, Of A Journey To, And Residence In That City In The Years 1836, 7, And 8, by Lieut. Col. Sir Alexander Burnes, 1842, 398pp; The Great Wall Of India, by Ian Hay, 1933; The Lion River, The Indus, by Jean Fairley, 1979; British India`s Northern Frontier 1865-95, A Study In Imperial Policy, by G. J. Alder, 1963, First Edition; Stray Notes On Military Training And Khakhi Warfare, by Sir Charles H. Brownlow, No Exact Date - Possibly 1910, 253pp; A Handbook To The North-West Frontier, (Including Jhelum, Rawalpindi And Hazara Districts), With Historical And Directory Information And Notes On All Places Of Interest, by Cyril J. Davey, No date; Hostage In Afghanistan, by Peter Collister, 1999, Afghanistan Kurum, Kabul And Kandahar, Being A Brief Record Of Impressions In Three Campaigns Under General Roberts, by Charles Gray Robertson, 2002; A Journal Of The Disasters In Afghanistan 1841-2, by Lady Sale, 1985, Reprint; A Journal Of The First Afghan War, by Lady Forentia Sale Edited: Patrick Macroroy, 2002, England And Afghanistan, A Phase In Their Relations, by Dilip Kumar Ghose, 1960; Kabul Catastrophe, The Invasion And Retreat 1839-1842, by Patrick Macrory, 2002; Afghan Wars, And The North-West Frontier 1839-1947, by Michael Barthorp, 2002; The Afghan War of 1879-80, Being A Complete Narrative Of The Capture Of Cabul, The Siege Of Sherpur, The Battle Of Ahmed Khel, The Brilliant March To Candahar, And The Defeat Of Ayub Khan, With The Operations On The Helmund, And The Settlement With Ardur Rahman Khan, by Howard Hensman, 1999, Reprint; Afghan Wars 1839-1992 What Britain Gave Up And The Soviet Union Lost, by Edgar O`Ballance, 1993; Afghanistan, A Study Of Political Developments In Central And Southern Asia, by W. K. Fraser-Tytler, 1950, First edition; Afghanistan, A Study Of Political Developments In Central And Southern Asia, by W. K. Fraser-Tytler, 1953, Second Edition, Some Sort Of Description; Afghanistan, Highway Of Conquest, by Arnold Fletcher, 1966, Second Edition; Afghanistan Volume 135, by Schuyler Jones, 1992; etc. (36)
AFGHANISTAN & QUETTA - Cabool, Being A Personal Narrative Of A Journey To, And Residence In That City In The Year 1836,7,8, by Lt. Col. Sir Alexander Burnes, 2003, Reprint; Journal Of An Afghanistan Prisoner, by Lieut. Vincent Eyre, 1976, Reprint; Caravan Journeys And Wanderings, In Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan And Beloochistan: With Historical Notices Of The Countries Lying Between Russia And India, by J.P. Ferrier, 1976; The Afghan Connection, The Extraordinary Adventures Of Major Eldred Pottinger, by George Pottinger, 1983; A Journal Of The Disasters In Afghanistan And William Brydon, Account ... Of The Retreat From Cabool In 1842, by Lady Sale Edited: Patrick Macrory, 1969; The British War In Afghanistan, The Dreadful Retreat From Kabul In 1842, by Editor: Tim Coates, 2002; The Afghan Wars 1839-1919, by T.A. Heathcote, 2003; Circumstances Leading To The First Afghan War, by Afzal Iqbal, 1976, Second Edition; High Road To Hunza, by Barbara Mons, 1958; Life Of The Amir Dost Mohammed Khan Of Kabul, With His Political Proceedings, by Mohan Lal, 1978, Reprint 2 Volumes; A Forgotten Chapter Of Indian History As Described In The Memoirs Of Seth Naomul Hotchand Of Karachi 1804-1878, by Rao Bahadur Alumal Trikamdas, 1982, reprint; Indo-Afghan Relations 1890-1900, by Ram Sagar Rastogi, 1965; Thirty Seconds At Quetta, The Story Of An Earthquake, by Robert Jackson, 1960, 2 Copies; Strategies Of British India, Britain, Iran And Afghanistan 1798-1850, by M. E. Yapp, 1980; Forbidden Road, Kabul To Samarkand, by Rosita Forbes, 1937, First Edition, Signed By author; Beyond The Pir Panjal, Life Among The Mountains And Valleys Of Kashmir, by Ernest F. Neve, 1912, 320pp; End game, Britain, Russia And The Final Struggle For Central Asia, by Jennifer Siegel, 2002; Charles Masson Of Afghanistan, Explorer, Archaeologist, Numismatist, And Intelligence Agent, by Gordon Whitteridge, 1986; Charles Masson Of Afghanistan, Explorer, Archaeologist, Numismatist, And Intelligence Agent, by Gordon Whitteridge, 2002; Afghanistan And The Afghans, Being A Brief View Of The History Of The Country And Account Of Its People With A Special Reference To The Present Crisis And War With Re Amir Sher Ali, by H. W. Bellew, 1969; Afghanistan, 1900-1923, A Diplomatic History, by Ludwig W. Adamee, 1967; The Ameer Abdur Rahman, by Stephen Wheeler, 1895, 251pp; Odyssey Illustrated Guide To Uzbekistan, by Calum Macleod Bradley Mayhew; When Men And Mountains Meet, The Explorers Of The Western Himalayas 1820-75, by John Keay, 2000, Third Edition, Bokhara Burnes, by James Lunt, 1969; History And Geography Of Central Asia, Volume One Afghanistan, by Susil Gupta, 1972; Travels Into Bokhara; Being The Account Of A Journey From India To Cabool;, Tartary, And Persia, Also Narratives Of A Voyage On The Indus From The Sea To Lahore With Presents From The King Of Britain, by Alexander Burnes, 1973; Vol 3; Military Report Afghanistan, History, Geography, Ethnography, Resources, Armed Forces, Forts And Fortified Posts, Administration, And Communications, by General Staff Of India, 1925; The First Fifty Years Of The Staff College Quetta 1906-1955, by Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan, 1962. (29)
INDIA - PUNJAB & BRITISH INDIA - Lord Curzon, The Last Of The British Moghuls, by Nayana Goradia, 1993; Viceroy`s Agent, by Charles Chenevix Trench, 1987; The Yellow Scarf, The Story Of The Life Of Thuggee Sleeman Or Major-General Sir William Henry Sleeman 1788-1856 Of The Bengal Army And The Indian Political Service, by Lt-General Sir Francis Tuker, 1977; Memoirs Of A Bengal Civilian, by John Beames, 1984; Servant Of India, A Study Of Imperial Rule From 1905 to 1910 As Told Through The Correspondence And Diaries Of Sir James Dunlop Smith, by Martin Gilbert, 1966; The Ruling Caste, Imperial Lives In The Victorian Raj, by David Gilbert, 2005; Last Post, An Indian Army Memoir, by E.W. Robinson-Horley, 1985; Lord William Bentinck, The Making Of A Liberal Imperialist 1774-1839, John Rosselli, 1974; A Various Universe, A Study Of The Journals And Memoirs Of British Men And Women In The Indian Subcontinent 1765-1856, by Ketaki Kushari Dyson, 1980; Charles Napier, Friend And Fighter 1782-1853, by Rosamond Lawrence, 1952; Sahib, The British Soldier In India 1750-1914, by Richmond Holmes, 2005; John Company`s Last War, A Victorian Military Adventure, by Barbara English, 1971; India In Britain, The Indian Contribution To The British Way Of Life, by Kusoom Vadgama, 1984, Signed by Author; The Raj At Table, A Culinary History Of The British In India, by David Burton, 1993; Steaming East, The Hundred-Year Saga Of The Struggle To Forge Rail And Steamship Links Between Europe And India, by Sarah Searight, 1991; Tournament Of Shadows, The Great Game And The Race For Empire In Asia, by Karl Meter & Shareen Brysac, 1999; Officers Of The Punjab Commission, Images Of The Day-To-Day Life Of The District Officers Of The Raj As Reflected In Their Private Correspondence, by Muhummad Ashraf, 1995; The British Raj And The Indian Princes, Paramountcy In Western India 1857-1930, by Ian Copland, 1987; Raj And Post Raj, Low Level Reminiscence Of Life In Two Armies, by Colonel W.I. Moberly, 1985; Reporting The Raj, The British Press And India 1880-1922, by Chandrika Kaul, 2003; Punjab And The Indian Revolt Of 1857, by Ihsan H. Nadiem, 2006. (23)
INDIA - COLLECTION ON BRITISH INDIA - Indian Summer, The Secret History Of The End Of An Empire, by Alex Von Tunzelmann, 2007; Carpet Sahib, A Life Of Jim Corbett, by Martin Booth, 1986; On Crown Service, A History Of HM Colonial And Overseas Civil Services, 1837-1997, by Anthony Kirk-Greene, 1999; Raj, The Making And Unmaking Of British India, by Lawrence James, 1997; The Great Game, On Secret Service In High Asia, by Peter Hopkirk, 1990; Memoirs Of A Bengal Civilian, by John Beames, 1961; Soldier Sahibs, The Men Who Made The North-West Frontier, by Charles Allen, 2000; Kipling`s India, Uncollected Sketches 1884-88, by Thomas Pinney, 1986; The Journals Of Honoria Lawrence, India Observed 1837-1854, by John Lawrence & Audrey Woodiwiss, 1980; Monty`s Grandfather, Sir Robert Montgomery, A Life`s Service For The Raj, by Brian Montgomery, 1984; John Lawrence, As Commissioner Of Thee Jullundur Doab (1846-1849), by R.R. Sethi, 2003; Charlotte Canning, Lady-In-Waiting To Queen Victoria And Wife Of The First Viceroy Of India 1817-1861, by Virginia Surtees, 1975; Empires Of The Indus, The Story Of A River, by Alice Albinia, 2008; A History Of The British Cavalry 1816 To 1919, Volume 1: 1816-1850, by The Marquess Of Anglesey, 1983, Volume 1 Reprint; A History Of The British Cavalry 1816 To 1919, Volume 2: 1872-1898, by The Marquess Of Anglesey, 1982, Volume 2 Reprint; The Global World Of Indian Merchants 1750-1947, Traders Of Sind From Bukhara To Panama, by Claude Markovits, 2000; Duel In The Snow, The True Story Of The Younghusband Mission To Lhasa, by Charles Allen, 2004; India Remembered, A Personal Account Of The Mountbattens During The Transfer Of Power, by Pamela Mountbatten, 2007; The Savage Border, The Story Of The North-West Frontier, by Jules Stewart, 2007. (18)
A CHINESE WHITE JADE PENDANT of rectangular form, two Immortals playing a board game, reverse with calligraphic inscription, 18th Century, 5.5cm high and a Chinese white jade pendant of rectangular form with mythological beast, rolling ruyi spray, reverse with Zhuanshu script seal, 5cm high (2)
Group of assorted Staffordshire figures and animals to include two similar recumbent sheep, a poodle type black and white dog lying on cushion, an unusual figure group depicting shepherd with flock under a tree, and a figure of a girl with bird on her shoulder and dead game. (5) CONDITION REPORT; Sheep on base - damage to ears, hairline cracks to base, losses to foliage, wear to gilding. Chips to bases of 2 sheep + evidence of restoration. Figure - hairline cracks, losses to bird on shoulder + hand.
Group of assorted Staffordshire figures and animals to include two similar recumbent sheep, a poodle type black and white dog lying on cushion, an unusual figure group depicting shepherd with flock under a tree, and a figure of a girl with bird on her shoulder and dead game. (5) CONDITION REPORT; Sheep on base - damage to ears, hairline cracks to base, losses to foliage, wear to gilding. Chips to bases of 2 sheep + evidence of restoration. Figure - hairline cracks, losses to bird on shoulder + hand.
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